- GLC#
- GLC05042.01
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 November 1861
- Author/Creator
- Mansfield, Joseph K.F., 1803-1862
- Title
- to A. T. Goodman
- Place Written
- Hampton, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 12.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
General Mansfield replies to Goodman's request for his autograph. Says "You ask my autograph - If I could close this unhappy war as easily as I can comply with your complementary request, I should be happy. We are now engaged in a contest from which there is no retreating. We battle for principle, and our glorious institutions, and the word should be onward; and may the Great God who rules over all, guide our steps and conduct us to a happy end."
Written at Fort Monroe.
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